Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Overview

Updated:Mar 23,2015

Quality improvement for patients.

Performance improvement for hospitals.

Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure is an in-hospital program for improving care by promoting consistent adherence to the latest scientific treatment guidelines. Numerous published studies demonstrate the program's success in achieving significant patient outcome improvements. Among the proven results are reductions in 30-day readmissions, a measure now used by CMS in determining CMS reimbursement rates.

In addition to helping ensure full reimbursement, Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure supports hospitals in a variety of ways, including:

access to the most up-to-date research and scientific publications

professional education opportunities, such as workshops and webinars

clinical tools and resources

patient education resources

QI field staff support

a competitive advantage in the healthcare marketplace

national and local recognition for hospital team program achievement

CMS data submission

performance feedback reporting for continuous quality improvement

Data submission and feedback reporting are performed using the American Heart Association’s Patient Management Tool™ (PMT), an online, interactive system provided by Quintiles Real World & Late Phase Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Heart Failure Fact Sheet: View the achievement, quality, reporting, and descriptive measures reported on via Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure.